Guys Read: How I Won the World Series

Children's author and lifelong baseball fan Dan Gutman recounts how he himself was actually the hero in the New York Mets' miraculous defeat of the Boston Red Sox in Game Six of the 1986 World Series--the infamous Bill Buckner game.
This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.

Long Synopsis:

Children's author and lifelong baseball fan Dan Gutman recounts how he himself was actually the hero in the New York Mets' miraculous defeat of the Boston Red Sox in Game Six of the 1986 World Series--the infamous Bill Buckner game.
This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.